805.13 Venue.
1. Traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and all other scheduled violations may be tried before the nearest magistrate in the judicial district in which the offense is committed, or if the offense occurred in a city which is located in two counties, the violation shall be tried as provided in section 803.3, subsection 5.
2. Upon written consent of the defendant and the officer issuing the citation, traffic violations, whether or not scheduled, and any other scheduled violations, other than those for which a court appearance is required under section 805.10 may be prosecuted in any county in the state irrespective of where committed, and in such event the documents in the case shall be sent to the court or traffic and scheduled violations office designated by the defendant and the officer.
[C73, 75, 77, §753.20; C79, 81, §805.13]
2003 Acts, ch 113, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1041, §2
Referred to in §803.3, 805.1, 805.15
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 805 - CITATIONS IN LIEU OF ARREST
Section 805.1 - Issuance of citation — release.
Section 805.5 - Failure to appear.
Section 805.6 - Uniform citation and complaint.
Section 805.7 - Traffic and scheduled violations offices — fine collection boxes.
Section 805.8 - Scheduled violations.
Section 805.8A - Motor vehicle and transportation scheduled violations.
Section 805.8B - Navigation, recreation, hunting, and fishing scheduled violations.
Section 805.8C - Miscellaneous scheduled violations.
Section 805.9 - Admission of scheduled violations.
Section 805.10 - Required court appearance.
Section 805.11 - Other penalties.
Section 805.12 - Disposition of traffic fines and costs.
Section 805.14 - Credit cards.
Section 805.15 - Other citation forms.
Section 805.16 - Citations to persons under eighteen years of age — arrest — nonsecure custody.